• France, who had never even reached the play-offs before, are heading to their first futsal final tournament. Croatia went in at half-time 2-1 ahead and 3-2 up on aggregate but Kevin Ramirez scored on 26 minutes to put France in front on away goals and a Landry N'Gala hat-trick – the last strike coming with nine seconds left, just after Croatia had levelled the scores – sparked delight for Les Bleus.

• The fact Georgia could not match France in booking a final tournament bow was largely down to Savio Valadares, who scored both of Romania's first-leg goals on his debut a fortnight ago and got four more tonight.

• Two early Rafał Franz strikes turned the tie before Norbert Horváth and Zoltán Dróth seemed to have put Hungary back in control. However, a burst of four Poland goals between the 27th and 36th minutes, including two by Michał Kubik, proved decisive – even if Ádám Hosszú and Dróth set up a tense last few seconds.

• For the first time since 1999 the Czech Republic will miss the finals despite a desperate late push in Nis. With ten minutes to go, Serbia led 3-1 on the night and 7-4 overall but Michal Seidler then struck twice. Miloš Simić responded for Serbia and although Seidler completed his hat-trick with 75 second left, the 2016 semi-finalists held on.

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